Couples Counseling

Partnerships can be beautiful, complicated, supportive, and painful...all on the same day! We are here to help guide supportive, empathetic, and values-oriented communication styles. Couples counseling counseling can support all partners in building connections, positive interactions, and more productive communication patterns. Guiding Behavior Counseling supports and provides a safe space for clients within the BIPOC, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ communities.

Guiding Behavior Counseling uses the principles of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) to support partner dynamics. ACT was developed to help guide individuals and couples to reduce the struggle with challenging thoughts and feelings within a partnership, bring clarity to individual and couples' values, and commit to actions that align to those values. ACT can support a shift in perspective so challenging thoughts and feelings feel lighter and are less of a barrier to living a fulfilling life, and more actions are aligned to a fulfilling and meaningful life. EFT was developed to help bring understanding to each partner's emotional experience and alignment in emotional connection.

Guiding Behavior Counseling can support in taking active steps to increase:

• Nonjudgmental awareness and allowance to partners emotions, behaviors, and experiences

• Skills and strategies to reduce the barriers associated with challenging thoughts, emotions, and conflict

• Helpful communication and listening skills

• Emotional support and increasing focus to the present within conflict and challenging situations

• Actions aligned to one’s own and partner values, even in the midst of challenging thoughts and conflict

• Connection, compassion, and care within the relationship

• Specific skills-building targeted to helpful communication and resolving conflicts (these can include supporting executive functioning skills and strategies and increasing helpful verbal and nonverbal communication patterns)

We specialize in ADHD, high-functioning Autism, anxiety, depression, and OCD both within individuals and relationships. We take a unique approach within our services to support the unique strengths and struggles within these areas. Our services can be tailored for short or long-term needs.